[El-errata] New updates available via Ksplice (ELBA-2016-3512)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELBA-2016-3512 can now be patched using Ksplice

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle kernel update, ELBA-2016-3512.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on EL 7 install these
updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* Use-after-free in RPC over RDPA transports.

Improper handling of pre-allocated backchannel requests could cause a
use-after-free on incoming backward calls.


* Race condition with outstanding tx counter in IP-over-InfiniBand.

Improper locking of access to outstanding tx counter in
IP-over-InfiniBand could result in send queues being started or
stopped prematurely.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.